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NAME

Bio::Align::PairwiseStatistics - Base statistic object for Pairwise Alignments

SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

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FEEDBACK

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  bioperl-l@bioperl.org              - General discussion
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Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via email or the web:

  bioperl-bugs@bioperl.org
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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email jason@bioperl.org

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CONTRIBUTORS

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APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

number_of_comparable_bases

 Title   : number_of_comparable_bases
 Usage   : my $bases = $stat->number_of_comparable_bases($aln);
 Function: Returns the count of the number of bases that can be
           compared (L) in this alignment ( length - gaps)
 Returns : integer
 Args    : Bio::Align::AlignI

number_of_differences

 Title   : number_of_differences
 Usage   : my $nd = $stat->number_of_distances($aln);
 Function: Returns the number of differences between two  
 Returns : integer
 Args    : Bio::Align::AlignI

number_of_gaps

 Title   : number_of_gaps
 Usage   : my $nd = $stat->number_of_gaps($aln);
 Function: Returns the number of differences between two  
 Example :
 Returns : 
 Args    :